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Victoria’s fire season officially begins

This year’s Victorian fire season is set to officially begin with fire restrictions commencing in parts of the state this month.

17 Oct 2025 Community Safety

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Loch Sport member leads by example

For Loch Sport Fire Brigade member Lyn Krejci, regular blood and plasma donations are just another way to give back to the community.

14 Jul 2025 Community Safety Events / Fundraising / Offers People

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Location markers improve emergency response in Wellington Shire

Residents and visitors to Wellington Shire will now have access to 16 emergency markers in public areas to help identify their location to responders more readily when under duress.

2 Jul 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety Operational Information

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Fire restrictions to end in parts of the South East

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will officially end at 1am on Monday 7 April in the following municipalities within CFA’s District 9, 10 and 27:

2 Apr 2025 Community Safety Health and Safety

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Fire restrictions announced for southeast Victoria 

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 1:00am on Monday, December 9, for the following municipalities in CFA’s southeast region:

26 Nov 2024 Community Safety Health and Safety Operational Information

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New brigade focused on community safety

CFA’s South East Region recently created a Headquarters Fire Brigade with the sole purpose to deliver community safety programs and initiatives.

6 Nov 2024 Community Safety

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CFA crews save local Yarram sawmill

Eight CFA crews were called to a fire at a local Yarram sawmill on Yarram-Morwell Road at around 6.30pm on Monday 14 October.

18 Oct 2024 Community Safety Incidents - Structure Operational Information

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Importance of preparation one year on from Briagolong

CFA is urging Victorians to begin their property preparation early, as this week marks the one-year anniversary of the large bushfires that broke out in Briagolong, Rawson and Loch Sport.

1 Oct 2024 Environment Community Safety Incidents - Bushfire

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Fire restrictions to end in Wellington Shire

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish at 1.00am on Monday, 22 April for the following municipalities in CFA’s District 10.

16 Apr 2024 Environment Community Safety Health and Safety

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Brigade attends Heyfield Timber Festival

Heyfield Fire Brigade members attended the Heyfield Timber Festival to entertain locals and pass on fire safety information.

20 Feb 2024 Community Safety Events / Fundraising / Offers

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Banksia Group preps for fire season

The Banksia Group were ahead of the game when they recently gathered for their group training exercise to hone their skills in preparation for the now-kindled fire season.

9 Oct 2023 Community Safety Operational Information Training and Recruitment

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New lead role for peer

Member Donna Lawless is stepping into a new lead role at CFA having recently been elected as the Peer Coordinator for Districts 10 and 27.

14 Jul 2023 Health and Safety People

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Community engagement producing tangible, positive impacts

It’s an exciting time for CFA members delivering community engagement. We are already seeing the tangible, positive impacts from our Smoke Alarm Installation Program and in August we will get to ...

16 Jun 2023 Community Safety

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CFA’s smoke alarm installation program heads to Dargo

CFA in collaboration with the Dargo Bush Nursing Centre staff offered all residents of the Dargo community free smoke alarm installation to residents, targeting those who are most vulnerable to house ...

3 May 2023 Community Safety Partnerships

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Fire restrictions to end across all South East Victoria

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will finish across local government areas in the South East in the coming weeks.

5 Apr 2023 Community Safety Health and Safety

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Mulching works to reduce fuel loads in Dargo

The South East CFA Vegetation Management team will begin mulching works on Monday, 13 February to reduce fuel loads in the Dargo township.

9 Feb 2023 Environment Community Safety

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Fire restrictions announced for areas in South East

The Fire Danger Period (FDP) will begin at 01.00am on Monday, 16 January 2023 for the following municipalities in CFA’s South East Region:

6 Jan 2023 Community Safety Operational Information

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South East Region Community Engagement Forum 2022

Over the weekend of 17-19 June more than 50 CFA volunteers from South East Region attend the Community Engagement Forum hosted by the Community Safety team from the south-east.

3 Aug 2022 Community Safety People

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South East Region Planned Burn Forum at Licola 1-3 April 2022

Last weekend, 1 April to 3 April, Community Safety team members from South East Region hosted and facilitated a Planned Burn Forum. Staff from the Vegetation Management team and the engageme ...

7 Apr 2022 Community Safety

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Briagolong graduates from CBBM

The Briagolong community recently graduated from the Community Based Bushfire Management (Safer Together) program, after nearly four years of working together with individuals, groups and land and fir ...

8 Mar 2022 Community Safety Partnerships People

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